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| With the recent release of the popular Linux distro Ubuntu's 8.10 version,
| code-named Intrepid Ibex, we've recently detailed some productive-minded
| Ubuntu Kung Fu, as well as a user-minded tour through 8.10. This morning,
| though, we're taking a more nuts-and-bolts look at changes you can make to
| your newly-installed system to make it faster, reliable, and more enjoyable
| from the inside out. Read on for five tweaks that any Ubuntu user (or Linux
| user in general) should consider making to get started on the right foot.
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| Remastersys is very handy application that allows you to clone and backup
| your Linux distribution, including root, home, other partitions, and all
| personal, custom configuration to a fully deployable, bootable live CD.
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| Remastersys works for several distributions, including Ubuntu and its
| derivatives, like Linux Mint and Klikit Linux.
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| Ubuntu 8.10 is shipping next week with a horde of updated packages including
| the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, X.Org 7.4, Pidgin 2.5, GIMP 2.6, and many other
| packages that have experienced significant milestones since the April release
| of Ubuntu 8.04. On top of these updated packages from the community,
| Canonical has been working on a few desktop Linux innovations of their own.
| For instance, arriving late into the Intrepid Ibex release cycle is a USB
| start-up disk creator. In this article we are providing a quick look at this
| utility to easily spin your own USB disk images.
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